Up there with Joe's best -- it feels like it pulls from every record he's done before while still being completely distinct from any Cymbals record in the way it combines the psychedelia and accessibility with some of the lushest, most ornately arranged music I've heard. Plus the guitars still rock, the solos fucking slap, and the ballads somehow slap just as hard. The narrative based lyrics also hit a sweet spot in Joe's lyricism -- direct but inventive, descriptive and endlessly compelling. Emmanuel Castillo
The metal’s band revelatory new record crosses genres and styles, effortlessly combining seemingly incompatible subgenres. Bandcamp Album of the Day Apr 26, 2024
Flavors of Atari Teenage Riot, Super Monkeyball ost, eurodance that’s gone gritty or nu metal that’s gone clean. An avalanche of sonic and lyrical shibboleths that point to where you might come from, not to where they are taking you (dance floor? Space? The pit?) maxbranigan